🔹 Job Title: Practice Growth Director
🔹 Company: Thrivent
🔹 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
🔹 Job Type: Full-Time
🔹 Category: Financial Services
🔹 Date Posted: June 17, 2025
🔹 Experience Level: 5-10 years
🔹 Remote Status: Remote OK
Key aspects of this role include:
ASSUMPTION: This role requires a strong focus on sales growth, advisor productivity, and teaming to meet and exceed performance metrics.
✅ Drive growth in ANBP, acquiring new clients, and achieving investment revenue targets (RFOB) with full accountability for meeting these performance metrics.
✅ Enhance the growth and productivity of experienced financial advisors by supporting their practices and succession planning, focusing on expanding target practices through specialized roles, robust annual business planning, and assistance with complex revenue-sharing agreements.
✅ Demonstrate a strong commitment to and deep understanding of the organization’s purpose-based advice strategy and solutions, ensuring consistent delivery of a high-quality advice experience and implementing both protection and investment product solutions.
✅ Proactively support experienced advisors with business plans and goals through efficient communication, coach them, and provide necessary tools to ensure their success. Develop and implement strategies to enhance practice productivity, including book management, client service models, and staffing.
✅ Coach and promote collaboration among advisors of varying tenures and productivity levels through peer-to-peer forums, one-on-one coaching, and regional meetings.
✅ Support group capacity growth by retaining experienced advisors and enhancing practices through effective teaming and advice capacity additions. Build strong advisor relationships to generate warm referrals for local groups and teams.
✅ Develop collaborative relationships with the National Practice Group, Advisor Growth, Advice, Wholesaling teams, and regional leaders, focusing on strategic alignment and addressing local advisor needs.
✅ Coach veteran practices and cultivate a positive and productive veteran advisor culture resulting in increased productivity, sales, revenue, new clients, practice leverage, and building team structures.
✅ Coach and support advisors on exploring and executing team models in partnership with the Succession, Teaming, and Joint Field Work teams.
✅ Enhance the professionalism of experienced advisor practices and ensure an exceptional client experience using the purpose-based advice framework.
✅ Foster cooperation between experienced and new advisors through joint field work and book management. Recognize and celebrate collaborative contributions and achievements.
✅ Assist in identifying the need to add to teams, sourcing candidates, and conducting interviews for target practices.
✅ Develop and implement advisor and team segmentation strategies, including facilitating study groups, helping advisors present ideas to peers, and building a positive culture with advisors and field leaders.
ASSUMPTION: This role requires strong communication, coaching, and strategic planning skills to drive growth and productivity among experienced financial advisors.
Education: Four-year college degree strongly preferred.
Experience: Minimum five years coaching financial advisors, with demonstrated experience and expertise working with more sophisticated advisors and practices strongly preferred.
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
ASSUMPTION: Candidates with a strong background in financial advisor coaching, practice management, and sales growth strategies will be most successful in this role.
Salary Range: $76,132.00 - $103,001.00 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. The base pay actually offered will be determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to, location, relevant experience, skills, and knowledge, business needs, market demand, and other factors Thrivent deems important.
Benefits:
Working Hours: Full-time, typically Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed
ASSUMPTION: Thrivent offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, with salary ranges based on location, experience, and market demand.
Industry: Financial Services
Company Size: 5,001-10,000 employees
Founded: 1902
Company Description:
Company Specialties:
Company Website: thrivent.com
ASSUMPTION: Thrivent is a well-established financial services organization with a strong focus on generosity and helping clients build their financial futures.
Career Level: Mid-level to senior-level role, with potential for growth and advancement within the organization
Reporting Structure: Reports directly to the Group Vice President or Area Vice President, with a dotted-line relationship to the Market Director
Work Arrangement: Remote OK, with flexibility to travel within the region (may include overnight) and conduct business during evening hours
Growth Opportunities:
ASSUMPTION: This role offers strong growth potential for candidates with a proven track record in financial advisor coaching, sales growth, and practice management.
Office Type: Hybrid, with a corporate headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the option to work remotely
Office Location(s): 600 Portland Ave S., Suite 100, Minneapolis, MN 55415-4402, US; 4321 N. Ballard Road, Appleton, WI 54919-0001, US
Geographic Context:
Work Schedule: Full-time, typically Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed
ASSUMPTION: The Minneapolis headquarters offers a dynamic work environment, with the option to work remotely and the opportunity to collaborate with experienced financial advisors and leaders.
Typical Process:
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Application Tips:
ATS Keywords: Financial advisor coaching, sales growth, practice management, advisor productivity, teaming, succession planning, client service models, business planning, strategic alignment, collaboration, communication, presentation skills, problem-solving
ASSUMPTION: Thrivent's interview process focuses on assessing candidates' experience coaching financial advisors, sales growth strategies, and practice management skills.
ASSUMPTION: This role requires proficiency in using Salesforce, Power BI, and other relevant tools and technologies to connect with and coach advisors effectively.
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ASSUMPTION: Thrivent values candidates who embody their core values, demonstrate strong work ethic, and are committed to driving results and continuous improvement.
ASSUMPTION: This role presents unique challenges, including managing a large territory, balancing stakeholder needs, and driving sales growth in a dynamic work environment.
ASSUMPTION: This role offers unique opportunities for growth and advancement within the financial services industry, with a focus on driving sales growth and advisor productivity.
ASSUMPTION: These sample projects demonstrate the key responsibilities and required skills for this role, with a focus on driving sales growth, advisor productivity, and practice management.
ASSUMPTION: Asking these questions will help you understand the role's priorities, growth opportunities, and challenges, as well as the company's commitment to employee development and work-life balance.
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